Africa: Nigeria

Corruption Remains A Serious Problem In Nigeria — SERAP Survey

Dec 11, 2019

A new public survey released today by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) shows that corruption ...

Fighting breaks out as security personnel attempt to re-arrest Nigerian activist and journalist Omoyele Sowore at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria, on December 6, 2019. Sowore and other activist-journalists have been jailed in Nigeria and Ethiopia amid a crackdown on free expression. (Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde)

Nigeria and Ethiopia jail activist-journalists ami...

Dec 11, 2019

The ongoing detentions of Nigerian publisher Agba Jalingo and Ethiopian editor Fekadu Mahtemework--the only journalists ...

Police officers detain Sahara Reporters journalist Victor Ogungbenro during a protest in Lagos, Nigeria, on August 5, 2019. Staff at the online newspaper report sustained harassment targeting them and their website. (AP/Sunday Alamba)

US-Nigerian Sahara Reporters website reports asset...

Dec 11, 2019

New York, December 10, 2019 mdash;Nigerian authorities should halt all efforts to intimidate journalists working with th ...

AfCFTA forum identifies key challenges Nigeria sho...

Dec 10, 2019

Lagos, Nigeria, December 6, 2019 (ECA) ndash; Nigeria rsquo;s national African Continental Free Trade Area Forum ended ...

Ekiti state governor Dr Kayode Fayemi and Sokoto state governor Aminu Tambuwal

SERAP Gives 36 States 7days Ultimatum To Disclose ...

Dec 9, 2019

Scio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a Freedom of Information Act request to the Chairman ...

Catholic School Expels Students for Homosexuality

Dec 8, 2019

A catholic mission school, Bishop Nwedo Memorial Boys 39; ...

Omoyele Sowore's supporters have been protesting for his release after he faced treason charges. By Kola Sulaimon (AFP)

Nigerian activist re-arrested, hours after release...

Dec 6, 2019

Nigerian state security police on Friday re-arrested an opposition activist and former presidential candidate, a day aft ...

Supporting policies and infrastructure crucial for...

Dec 6, 2019

For the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to have a positive influence on long-term investment in Africa rsqu ...

People demonstrate to demand the release of opposition activist Omoyele Sowore in November 2019 in Abuja. By Kola Sulaimon (AFP/File)

Opposition figure freed in Nigeria after court rul...

Dec 6, 2019

Nigerian opposition activist Omoyele Sowore and co-defendant Olawale Bakare were set free on Thursday after months in de ...

Nigerian army has been fighting against an Islamist insurgency in northern Nigeria for a decade. By AUDU MARTE (AFP)

Nigeria militants kidnap 14, including two Red Cro...

Dec 5, 2019

Armed militants in northeast Nigeria have kidnapped 14 people, including two Red Cross workers and an army sergeant, sec ...

Rhodes National Secretary for West Africa, Ike Chioke with 2020 Rhodes Scholar-Elect, Godwin Nwangele

Nigerian, Godwin Nwangele, emerges 2020 Rhodes Sch...

Dec 5, 2019

Lagos, Nigeria, December 5, 2019 ndash; Godwin Nwangele, a 25-year-old Electrical Electronics Engineering gradu ...

Nigerian Footballer Reveals Plot Against TB Joshua...

Dec 5, 2019

Sani Emmanuel, the former Nigerian football starlet whose recent social media plea for help to fund an operation for ...

Court orders FG to recover pensions collected by A...

Dec 4, 2019

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos in a landmark judgment has ordered the Federal Government to ldquo;recover ...

Crowds gather outside Ahmad Isah's radio studio every morning to get a chance to air their grievances. By Kola Sulaimon (AFP)

Radio show helps ordinary Nigerians take on offici...

Dec 4, 2019

Early each morning, a crowd gathers outside Ahmad Isah's radio studio in Nigeria's capital Abuja hoping to share their p ...

AfCFTA Under Spotlight As Nigeria Hosts Nationalfo...

Dec 3, 2019

Nigeria, which signed the landmark African Continental Free Trade Agreement in July, is this weekhosting its national ...

Some 100 Educators from three Underâ€‹-â€‹served Local Council Development Areas in Lagos State, Nigeria were trained under the program held at the IBM Innovation Center, Churchgate Towers in Victoria Island, Lagos â€“ Nigeria lasted 4 days.

STEMi Makers Africa And US Consulate Lagos Train 1...

Dec 3, 2019

The United States (US) Consulate General in Lagos, Nigeria from November 26-29 this year collaborated with the Scienc ...

Islamization, Emirate in Ebonyi: Fmr Guber Aspiran...

Dec 2, 2019

A former gubernatorial aspirant under the banner of National Rescue Movement NRM in the just concluded governorship poll ...